Parts of Queensland's coastline identified as global hotspots for sea level rise

23 Mar 2020
 Dea Clark)
Calypso Bay canal development at Jacobs Well on Queensland's northern Gold Coast. (ABC News: Dea Clark)

He only moved in seven months ago, but Roly Green has already been forced to clear out the shed in the backyard of his home on the northern Gold Coast.

Mr Green's property at Jacobs Well was one of many across the Gold Coast that flooded when record rainfall drenched the region in February.

Fortunately, the rain did not coincide with a king tide — that would have pushed water levels even higher as drains backed up.

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